New service to share and find controlled vocabularies

The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) has just announced the launch of a new service that will help researchers share and find controlled vocabularies (sets of agreed terms).

By using controlled vocabularies, researchers can make sure that the terms they use are consistent across the research community.  This supports the discovery, linking, understanding and reuse of research data.

Research Vocabularies Australia provides tools and support for creating, managing, storing, publishing and discovering vocabularies for research. The service aims to describe vocabularies commonly used by or relevant to Australian researchers.